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CT HB06607

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Ackert

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Limits strip searches of patients with psychiatric disabilities committed under emergency certificates to only two circumstances: reasonable belief the patient poses imminent risk to themselves, or to examine for self-inflicted marks on the body

  • Requires a staff member of the same gender as the patient be present during any strip search of a psychiatric patient committed under an emergency certificate

  • Amends Chapter 319i of the Connecticut General Statutes governing psychiatric patient rights

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning The Rights Of Persons With A Psychiatric Disability Who Have Been Committed Under An Emergency Certificate.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health

1/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health1/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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